Sunday, May 26, 2019 at 8 PM – 11 PM
Moe's Alley,
1535 Commercial Way,
Santa Cruz, California
Moe's Alley wraps up a 3-day weekend with a very special
double bill featuring RUPA & THE APRIL FISHES + LOCURA. This will be the official Santa Cruz album
release celebration for Rupa's brand new release "Growing Upward".
ABOUT RUPA & THE APRIL FISHES:
Rupa and the April Fishes create a sound that pulsates
with the pluralism of Bay Area culture, celebrating life and the art of
resistance through a wide musical palette that pulls from over a decade of
playing street parties, festivals and symphonic concerts through 29 countries
with songs in 5 languages. Under the direction of composer, frontwoman,
activist and physician Rupa, the band creates a live experience which is a
manifestation of a world beyond nations, where the heart of humanity beats
louder than anything that divides us.
ABOUT LOCURA:
For the past 11 years, Oakland-based LoCura has crafted
their own unique musical identity: "Califas Mestizo Music," a blend
of Latin American and Iberian rhythms such as rumba, cumbia, salsa and flamenco
influenced by punk rock, ska, rap, dub, reggae, dancehall with local and global
lyrical themes. The band's name ("it cures it") reflects their ethos
of making music a remedy, a theme which permeates lyrics such as "la
cultura cura la locura (culture cures the madness).”
Cost: $10 Advance/$15 Day of Show
